plädieren
German, verb[plɛˈdiːʁən]
plädieren is spelled P-L-Ä-D-I-E-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plädieren is a German verb meaning “to plead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für/zugunsten von etwas sprechen, etwas unterstützen”.
What does plädieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to plead
- 2
to advocate, to make a case
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für/zugunsten von etwas sprechen, etwas unterstützen 2. bei Gericht eine Partei vertreten, ohne präpositionale Ergänzung: Plädoyer halten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of plädieren
- plädiert present singular third-person
- plädierte past
- haben auxiliary
- plädierend participle present
- plädiere first-person indicative present
- plädierst indicative present second-person
- plädierest second-person singular subjunctive
- plädieret plural second-person subjunctive
- plädierten first-person indicative plural
- plädiertest indicative preterite second-person
- plädiertet indicative plural preterite
- plädier imperative second-person singular
- habe plädiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben plädiert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- plädiere! imperative singular
- plädier! imperative singular
- plädiert! imperative plural
- plädiert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce plädieren?
- [plɛˈdiːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to plädieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plädieren in German?
plädieren appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).